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Josh’s Frogs is a constantly growing online pet store and industry leader that prides itself on selling only happy, healthy, captive-bred amphibians, reptiles, and invertebrates. We value integrity and practice open books, sharing our financials with all employees. We believe in working as one team. We expect our employees to grow constantly, and we value promoting from within.

We’re looking for a reliable and detail-oriented individual to join our team as a temporary full-time Feeder Insect Technician in our Insect Department. As a member of the Insect Department, you’ll play a key role in supporting our mission by helping maintain healthy feeder insect colonies that supply customers across the country.

Your primary responsibilities will include daily care and maintenance of feeder insect colonies, including feeding, cleaning, monitoring health, and assisting with packing live insects for shipment. Additionally, you’ll help follow established procedures to ensure quality, consistency, and animal welfare standards are met.

• Full-time (40 hours), Monday through Friday (8:30 AM to 4 PM)
• Temporary employment (starting on or before 8/17/2026, approximately 14 weeks)
• $16.00/hour starting wages

Benefits Include:

• Generous employee discount on the Josh’s Frogs website
• Free breakfast, lunch, snacks, and coffee provided at work

Day-to-Day Tasks Include:

• Ensuring reliable fulfillment/production of beetles to prevent shortages or delays
• Maintaining proper husbandry/maintenance of beetles
• Ensuring reliable fulfillment of fruit flies to prevent shortages or delays

For This Position, You MUST Possess:

• Attention to detail
• Willingness to work with live insects
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

Special Consideration Given to Those with:

• Production experience
• Familiarity with live insects

Examples of How an Employee Could Exhibit our Core Values in This Position:

• Integrity - Following husbandry and fulfillment standards consistently; communicating issues early; taking ownership of outcomes
• One Team - Coordinating with animal care and operations to align supply with needs; supporting others during high-demand periods
• Constantly Growing - Seeking process improvements and tracking results; adapting methods to improve efficiency and insect health over time

Herpetoculture is booming, and we're the proof! Josh's Frogs was one of the INC 5000's fastest-growing businesses in 2022, and we're proud of it. What's more impressive is that this is Josh's Frogs' FIFTH year in a row on the INC 5000 List! Only 5% of businesses have made the list five years consecutively. One of our core values isn’t “constantly growing” for nothing; the proof is in the pond. Come join the team and expand alongside one of America’s top-growing companies!

**Due to the high volume of applicants, our recruiting team is unable to contact every candidate individually. If our team is interested in moving forward with your application, we will reach out via phone or email.

If you have questions, you may contact us through Indeed or email the HR Team at hrteam@joshsfrogs.com. Please do not contact our Josh’s Frogs Customer Service team regarding application inquiries.

It is the policy of Josh’s Frogs to provide equal employment opportunity in recruitment, selection, training, compensation, promotion, job transfer, and assignments. These opportunities and other conditions of employment are extended to qualified applicants and employees regardless of an individual’s race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, and/or other protected categories under applicable laws.

It is also the policy of Josh’s Frogs to make reasonable accommodations for qualified persons with disabilities, and to extend employment opportunities to such persons, as well as to special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam era, Recently Separated Veterans, Armed Forces Service Medal Veterans, and other protected veterans. The Vice President of Human Resources is the Equal Employment policy officer for the company.